Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York, Volume 15Baker, Voorhis & Company, 1891 |
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... owner ; and he will be presumed in so doing to have intended that it should not be taken by the sheriff in the event of plaintiff's bringing an action to recover it . The order of arrest was , therefore , properly granted . The ...
... owner ; and he will be presumed in so doing to have intended that it should not be taken by the sheriff in the event of plaintiff's bringing an action to recover it . The order of arrest was , therefore , properly granted . The ...
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... owners to complete the work , sub- ject to the latters ' claim for delay . The arbitrators subsequently made their award , reciting that they had heard the proofs and allega- tion of the parties , and awarding to the contractor a sum of ...
... owners to complete the work , sub- ject to the latters ' claim for delay . The arbitrators subsequently made their award , reciting that they had heard the proofs and allega- tion of the parties , and awarding to the contractor a sum of ...
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... owner of 400 shares of capital stock of the Pennsylvania and West- ern Railroad Company , of which R. Carman Combes was president ; that an agreement was made May 18th , 1882 , by Combes , in his own right and as attorney in fact for ...
... owner of 400 shares of capital stock of the Pennsylvania and West- ern Railroad Company , of which R. Carman Combes was president ; that an agreement was made May 18th , 1882 , by Combes , in his own right and as attorney in fact for ...
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... owner , who holds real estate in his name , to pay the debt that the real owner contracted . But the testimony shows that Rogers knew that Reuben W. Howes was dealing in the character of an agent . If he wished to hold the principal he ...
... owner , who holds real estate in his name , to pay the debt that the real owner contracted . But the testimony shows that Rogers knew that Reuben W. Howes was dealing in the character of an agent . If he wished to hold the principal he ...
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... owner of the equity of re- demption ; and for this purpose may order the whole property sold , although separate parcels thereof would satisfy the lien of plaintiff's mortgage . The burden of questioning the validity of the junior ...
... owner of the equity of re- demption ; and for this purpose may order the whole property sold , although separate parcels thereof would satisfy the lien of plaintiff's mortgage . The burden of questioning the validity of the junior ...
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Page 158 - A cause of action arising out of the contract or transaction set forth in the complaint as the foundation of the plaintiff's claim, or connected with the subject of the action; 2. In an action arising on contract, any other cause of action arising also on contract, and existing at the commencement of the action.
Page 475 - This is an action brought to recover damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff through the alleged negligence of the defendant.
Page 17 - Affidavit above referred to, but as and for damages alleged to have been suffered by the Plaintiff by reason of the sale and conveyance made by the Defendant to one W.
Page 289 - The testimony made out a prima facie case of negligence on the part of the...
Page 120 - ... together with all and singular, the tenements, hereditaments, and appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in anywise appertaining, and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues, and profits thereof; and also all the estate, right, title, interest, property, possession, claim, and demand whatsoever, as well in law as in equity, of the said party of the first part, of, in, or to the above described premises, and every part and parcel thereof, with the appurtenances.
Page 74 - An adjudication is final and conclusive not only as to the matter actually determined, but as to every other matter which the parties might have litigated and have...
Page 571 - The court may determine the controversy, as between the parties before it, where it can do so without prejudice to the rights of others, or by saving their rights ; but where a complete determination of the controversy cannot be had without the presence of other parties, the court must direct them to be brought in.
Page 180 - There seems no doubt that where there is a positive contract to do a thing, not in itself unlawful, the contractor must perform it or pay damages for not doing it, although in consequence of unforeseen accidents, the performance of his contract has become unexpectedly burdensome or even impossible.
Page 429 - When it is objected at the trial, and appears by the evidence, that the action is brought in the wrong county, or township, or city...
Page 494 - In this case the plaintiff undertook to make a bust which should be satisfactory to the defendant. The case shows that she was not satisfied with it. The plaintiff has not yet then fulfilled his contract. It is not enough to say that she ought to be satisfied with it, and that her dissatisfaction is unreasonable. She, and not the court, is entitled to judge of that. The contract was not to make one that she ought to be satisfied with.